Ruling · Durgā Saptamī · 2078

Thursday 13 October

Determinatein Baoding, under the Rashtriya Panchang method. Clear of every threshold by 413 minutes.

Decide it for

38°52′ N 115°28′ E · Asia/Shanghai · GeoNames 1816971

The two mornings

One ghaṭī is 24 minutes. The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas.

Morning of Thursday 13 October

Taken. The only morning Saptamī reaches.

sunrise 06:26  07:11 one muhūrta on
05:3806:0206:2606:5007:1407:3808:02

45 of 45 minutes covered

Morning of Friday 14 October

Saptamī is absent from the first muhūrta after sunrise. Not taken.

sunrise 06:27  07:12 one muhūrta on
05:3906:0306:2706:5107:1507:3908:03

0 of 45 minutes covered

Saptamī presentThe first muhūrta after sunrise, the window the rule readsThe instant the tithi begins or ends

How it was decided

  1. 01

    Aṅga

    Saptamī runs from 21:53 on Wed 12 Oct to 23:34 on Thu 13 Oct.

    2078-10-12T13:52:49Z → 2078-10-13T15:33:33Z

  2. 02

    Kāla

    The first muhūrta after sunrise is 1st of 15 day muhūrtas: 06:26–07:11 on the 13th, 06:27–07:12 on the 14th.

    udaya-1: day-muhurta-1-1 · sunrise and sunset: upper limb, 31′ + 16′

  3. 03

    Rule

    Saptamī must hold through the first muhūrta after sunrise. It covers 45 of 45 minutes on the 13th and 0 of 45 on the 14th.

    Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104

  4. 04

    Tie-break

    Only one morning qualifies. No tie-break is needed.

    priority: paraviddha → only-day · margin 24804 s

  5. 05

    Ruling

    Durgā Saptamī, Baoding, 2078: Thursday 13 October.

    confidence: determinate

Say it like this

In Baoding, Durgā Saptamī 2078 falls on Thursday 13 October. Saptamī runs from 21:53 on Wed 12 Oct to 23:34 on Thu 13 Oct and covers all of the first muhūrta after sunrise that morning.

ahargana.org/baoding/festivals/2078/durga-saptami · pac-rp@2026.1

Who says what

AuthorityKindDate
Ahargaṇa, pac-rpThis rulingThu 13 Oct
Ahargaṇa, classicalDisc centre, no refractionThu 13 Oct
compat-drikpanchangComparison profileThu 13 Oct
No institution has a recorded ruling for Baoding.

Institutional rulings are recorded with a source address, and are never edited to agree.

The rule, as data

/rules/durga-saptami · ruleset 2026.3-draft

Month
Āśvina, amānta
Pakṣa · aṅga
Śukla · Saptamī
Kāla
The first muhūrta after sunrise
Priority
Paraviddhā
Tie-break
Second day
Reference
CRC 1955, p. 104

“S 7 Durga saptami (paraviddha) — covering one muhurta from sunrise” Calendar Reform Committee 1955, General Rules for Religious Festivals, p. 104.

The same rule, elsewhere

Twelve places, west to east. Local clock times.

PlaceSaptamīSunrise 12thCoveredSunrise 13thCoveredRuled
Los Angeles06:53 → 08:3406:5746 min06:5746 min13 Oct
Chicago08:53 → 10:3407:010 min07:0245 min13 Oct
Jersey City09:53 → 11:3407:050 min07:0645 min13 Oct
Port of Spain09:53 → 11:3405:550 min05:5548 min13 Oct
London14:53 → 16:3407:200 min07:2243 min13 Oct
Durban15:53 → 17:3405:220 min05:2051 min13 Oct
Dubai17:53 → 19:3406:160 min06:1746 min13 Oct
Delhi19:23 → 21:0406:210 min06:2146 min13 Oct
Kolkata19:23 → 21:0405:320 min05:3347 min13 Oct
Singapore21:53 → 23:3406:490 min06:4948 min13 Oct
Sydney00:53 → 02:3406:180 min06:1751 min13 Oct
Suva01:53 → 03:3405:400 min05:3950 min13 Oct
Profile · tradition
pac-rp@2026.1 · smarta
Rule
durga-saptami@2026.3-draft
Engine · kernel
0.1.0 · de440 7eef…ea74
Boundary margin
300 s

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